Austin Gearing: DL · Miami (OH) · #11.
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Austin Gearing
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. On tape: 6 tackles and 2 sacks against Ohio, Week 5, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Miami (OH) | 38 | 13 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Career | 38 | 13 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-45@ No. 17 Iowa | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-21vs Eastern Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-27@ Cincinnati | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-17vs Ohio | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 13-35@ Akron | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 18-14vs Kent State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-26@ Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-15@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-17vs Central Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-24@ Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 21-20vs Ball State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 16-17vs Mississippi State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 13 | 6.0 | 4.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%6 TFLSack rate
11%4 sacksHurry rate
16%6 hurries38 tackles · 6 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Pass share
43.2%
358 pass / 471 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
10.4%
412 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
38 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Miami (OH), 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Don Treadwell, Mike Bath, and Chuck Martin. Multi-era developmental context.
